Zoige Grassland Guide: Wetland Meadows and the Yellow River’s First Bend
The Zoige grassland is the kind of place that ruins other grasslands for you. Out on the high plateau of northern Sichuan, the land flattens into a sea of green…
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Tongchuan Travel Guide: Chenlu Kiln Village and Yaowang Mountain
Seventy kilometres north of Xi’an, where the Guanzhong plain meets the loess hills, sits a small Shaanxi city that serious ceramics fans already know and almost everyone else misses. This…
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Chuxiong Travel Guide: Yuanmou Earth Forest and Yi Torch Festival
Halfway between Kunming and Dali, where the central Yunnan plateau starts to roll, there is a prefecture most foreign itineraries skip — and that is their loss. This Chuxiong travel…
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Lincang Travel Guide: Ancient Tea Forests and Wengding Wa Village
If your image of Yunnan stops at Dali’s lake and Xishuangbanna’s temples, you are missing the southwestern corner where China’s tea story actually begins. This Lincang travel guide covers a…
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Panzhihua Travel Guide: Sunshine City, Mango Valleys and Ertan Canyon
On the warm bend of the Jinsha River where Sichuan tips into Yunnan, there is a city most foreign travellers have never put on a map — and that is…
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Qionghai Travel Guide: Tanmen Fishing Port, Coconut Lanes and River Islands
Most foreign visitors fly into Hainan and head straight for Sanya’s beaches or Haikou’s old quarter, never realising that the island’s most relaxed stretch of coast sits quietly between them….
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Fangchenggang Travel Guide: Golden Beaches and Jing Ethnic Culture
Southern Guangxi is better known for Beihai and its volcano island, but just up the coast, Fangchenggang offers quieter sand, a working fishing culture, and China’s only coastal ethnic minority….
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Heyuan Travel Guide: Wanlv Lake, Hakka Villages and Dinosaur Fossils
If you’re based in the Pearl River Delta and want greenery without flying, Heyuan is the answer. This Heyuan travel guide comes from our own weekend scouting and the short…
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Loudi Travel Guide: Zijiajie Rice Terraces and Meishan Cave Palace
Central Hunan hides one of the country’s most photogenic landscapes, yet almost no foreign travelers make it here. This Loudi travel guide is based on our own visits and the…
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Yongzhou Travel Guide: Yangming Mountain and the Nushu Script Villages
Southern Hunan is where the scenery starts to soften into the karst of Guangxi, and Yongzhou is the last major stop before the border. This Yongzhou travel guide draws on…
